Obituaries & Death Notices

Submitted by Darlene Ryan
Waupaca Post, Waupaca, Wisconsin
June 3, 1897

Too Late for last week.
Died at his home in Springwater of Bright's Disease, Minor C. Wilson, May 17, 1897, aged 50 years and 17 days.

Minor Champion Wilson was born April 30, 1833, in the town of Bradford, McHeon county, Pennsylvania. He was the only son of Minor and Hannah Wilson, who with their son and daughter, two years and four months older, removed to Wisconsin and settled at Fond du Lac in the spring of 1844, where they resided for eleven years, then removed to Springwater, Waushara County. The parents coming to the then far west in an early day when the country was new, the children were deprived in a great measure of the advantages of society and education which the children enjoy at the present day, and as a consequence the brother and sister were almost constant companions, and there existed between them an attachment that ever grew stronger as they reached mature years.

As a boy at school Minor was always a favorite among his schoolmates and as he grew to manhood his friends and neighbors held him in high esteem because of his honesty and integrity. He has been prominent in the business of the town of Springwater for many years. He has been postmaster for the past fifteen years since the death of his father Minor Wilson, and was assistant postmaster previous to that time nineteen years. He has held the office of chairman of the town board for several years and the office of town clerk and justice of the peace repeatedly.

On the 24th of Dec. 1862, he was married to Esther E. Warren of Dayton, Waupaca County and which union has been blessed with three sons, George Wilbur, William Linder, and Birney Harrison, the two older sons being married. The older has two children and the second son three. The family that is left to mourn his irreparable loss; consist of his beloved wife, three sons, two daughters-in-law and five grandchildren, besides the only sister, who still survives him, and many more distant relatives. As a husband he was tender and affectionate; as a father, kind and indulgent, and his decease has cast a dark shadow over his once happy home, where his presence always brought light and joy. None knew him but to love and respect him, and he had room in his heart for all his friends. He met the king of terrors, with a calmness and resignation which characterises only a believer in the Divine promises of God.

His funeral services were attended by a large concourse of people, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. The Rev. Rowell of Pine River preached his funeral sermon from the text found in the third chapter, sixteenth verse of St. John. The Welsh choir furnished very appropriate singing for the occasion. The pall bearers were: Mr. John Humphrey, Edward Humphrey, John D. Jones, Wesley Brooks and Stephen Brigham of Springwater and Briggs Shead of Auroraville.

Mr. Holly of Waupaca was in attendance with his hearse and took charge of the remains, and Mr. McAllen of Crystal Lake took charge of seating the mourners at the church and assisted Mr. Holly in the last rites of the funeral. The casket was covered with beautiful flowers, the offerings of devoted friends. He has left behind him a large circle of mourning friends who will ever cherish a loving memory of him in their hearts.

A Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many friends who have so kindly helped and sympathized with us during the sickness and burial of our loved one.
Mrs. M. Wilson and family.

Newspaper unknown
Submitted by D. Rechek
Ellener Berwick

PRINCETON-Ellener Berwick, age 85, of Princeton, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2002 at the Mary Jude Nursing Home in West Allis.

She was born on November 28, 1916 in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Eugene and Ora (Merrill) Kidman. She married Thomas Addison Berwick on February 18, 1935, in Montello.

She is survived by husband, Thomas Berwick of Princeton; three daughters, Judith (Frank) Goratowski of West Allis, Patricia (Greg) Smith of Dousman, and Barbara (Michael) Esaian of Delafield; one son, Michael (Julie) Berwick of Princeton; nine grandchildren; one brother, Merrill (Helen) Kidman of Needham, MA; other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Thomas A. Berwick, Jr. and a sister, Belva (Ray) BMegow. 

A funeral service for Ellener Berwick was held Friday, April 5, at 1:00 p.m. from the Wachholz and Sons Funeral Home in Princeton with Father Dale Grubba officiating. Burial followed the service at the City Cemetery in Princeton.  

Wachholz and Sons
Funeral Home in Princeton
Serving the Family

Waupaca County Post, Waupaca, Wisconsin – April 1, 1937
Springwater

Mr. and Mrs. Will Anderson mourn the loss of their infant son who died March 24.

Waupaca County Post, Waupaca, Wisconsin – April 1, 1937

William Diedrich 70, Town of Bloomfield, farmer nearly all his life, died Sunday after a long illness.  He was born in Brandenburg, Germany June 2, 1886, the son of John and Mrs. Johanna (Durkee) Diedrich and when six months old came with his parents to this country and settled in the Bloomfield community.  He was married May 25, 1893 to Miss Alvina Kleist, the ceremony performed by Rev. G. Feustal at West Bloomfield.  He lived on the present farm 46 years.  Survivors are the widow and five sons:  Arnold, Neenah; Robert, Winnebago; Alfred, Dale; Erwin and Paul at home – four daughters (Sadie) Mrs. Herbert Schultz, Oshkosh, Miss Elsie Diedrich, Columbia Hospital; and Misses Esther and Louise at home.  Two children preceded their father in death.  There are two grandchildren.  Mr. Diedrich was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fremont where funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Rev. E. A. Schmidt was in charge.  Burial at E. Bloomfield cemetery

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - November 17, 1958
Clarence Bender

Clarence W. Bender, 79, died Sunday night at 8 o'clock at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh, following an illness of many years.

Mr. Bender, who was retired, formerly was a well-known cattle dealer and farmer in the Bancroft area.

He had been a patient at the Oshkosh hospital since Nov. 2. Mr. Bender, who was born July 8. 1879. at Hancock, was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Bender. He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Schenck.

Other survivors include five sons. Raymond Bender, Milwaukee, Cecil and Arthur, Bancroft. Lloyd, Oshkosh, and Glen: and four daughters, Mrs. John Kramer. Oshkosh. Mrs. Iva Beech. Coloma, Mrs. Eleanor Thompson, Janesville, and Mrs. Waller Dorsey, Oshkosh. Two sons. Ralph and Clarence Jr. preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Bancroft Baptist Church. The body is at the Goult Funeral Home, Plainfield.

Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - November 22, 1958

Funeral Of Mr. Bender
Funeral services for Clarence W. Bender, 79, Bancroft, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Bancroft Baptist Church, The Rev. David Wisthoff officiated and burial was made in the Plainfield cemetery. Mr. Bender died Sunday at Mercy Hospital at Oshkosh.

During the services. Mrs. Clifford Tubbs sang "We are Going Down the Valley" and "Beyond the Sunset,'' accompanied by Mrs. Albert Walters. The pallbearers were Henry Sherman, Jesse L. Judd, Vilas O. Waterman, Ora Sherman, William Petrusky and George Gettzloff.

Among the many friends and relatives who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey, Mr. and Mrs. John Kramer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bender, Mrs. Delores Greunwald, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Dorsey and Sally Bender, all of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gudden, Oshkosh; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thompson. JanesvilIe. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dorsey and Harley Dorsey, Ripon; Mrs. Mary Gear and Archie Gear, Hancock; Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Bender, Menomonie; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bender, Rosendale, Mrs. Marshall Adams and daughter, Fort Atkinson: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beech, Coloma. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Pierce, Mrs. Doris Bender and sons, Eldon Meddaugh, Scott Meddaugh, Delbert Gear, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pierce, Clarence Pierce. Ray Schenck. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schenck, Mr., and Mrs. Robert Schenck. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Weeks, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Joling, all of Wisconsin Rapids, and many others from Bancroft and surrounding areas.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal -  Stevens Point, Wisconsin - October 31, 1936
Bender, George E.
 
George E. Bender, a former resident of the town of Leola, Adams county, died October 23, at his home at Oklee, Minnesota. The body was
brought to Plainfield Wednesday. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, October 29, at the Plainfield Methodist church. Rev. Carsten
Paulson officiated and burial took place in the Plainfield cemetery, beside his father, mother and brothers.

Mr. Bender, a son of George J. and Roseltha Bender, was born at Eundella, New York on September 21, 1862. At the age of 18 months he moved with his parents to the town of Leola where he lived until 38 years ago when he moved he moved to Oklee.

Surviving are two sisters Mrs. Chris Loitwed and Mrs. Emmett Gear of the town of Plainfield; two brothers, Fred Bender of Kellner and Clarence Bender of Bancroft; two half-sisters, Mrs. Martin Specjacks of Chicago and Mrs. Fred Tibbitts of the town of Plainfield, and a half-brother Thomas Bender of Hancock. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, John A., Robert and Frank.

Pallbearers for the funeral were John Hull, Andrew Walker, Henry Humphrey, Art Marshall, Isaac Lane and George Schofield. During the services Rev. and Mrs. Paulson sang ‘The Haven of Rest’ and ‘Sometime We’ll Understand’ Mrs. Paulson played several instrumental selections.

Those from away who attended the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bender, Mr. and Mrs. George Gottschalk, Mrs. George Otto and daughter, Mrs. Florence Laging, and Nina and Alma Bender, all of Wisconsin Rapids: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Specjacks of Chicago: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bender of Kellner and many relatives and friends from near Plainfield.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - February 26, 1962
Glenn Bender

Glenn Bender, 43, a former resident of Bancroft, died last Wednesday at the Veterans Hospital in New Orleans, La.  

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Goult-Patterson-Hardell Funeral Home, Plainfield. The Rev. Kenneth Johnson of the Plainfield Baptist Church will officiate, and burial will take place in the Plainfield Cemetery.

Mr. Bender was born July 16, 1918, in Bancroft, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bender. He was a graduate of the old Bancroft High School.

Among his survivors are four sons, Bruce, Bancroft, and Ronnie, Glenwood and Conrad, all in service. They are his children by a previous marriage. He also has three children by his present marriage. Also surviving are his wife; his mother, Mrs. Edith Bender, Bancroft; four brothers. Cecil and Arthur, Bancroft, Lloyd, Oshkosh, and Raymond, Milwaukee, five sisters, Mrs. Walter Dorsey and Mrs. Jack Kramer, Oshkosh, Mrs. Edward Beach, Mrs. Marie Pierce. Wisconsin Rapids, and Mrs. Eleanor Thompson, Janesville. Two brothers and his father preceded him in death.

Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - March 2, 1962

Mr. Bender's funeral
Funeral services were hold Tuesday at the Goutt-Patterson-Hardell Funeral Home in Plainfield for Glenn W. Bender, 43, a former Bancroft resident who died last week in New Orleans. La.

The Rev. Kenneth Johnson of the Plainfield Baptist Church officiated, and burial look place in the Plainfield Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Adolph Belke, LoDean Meddaugh, Ray Schenck, Cleo Butts, Lawrence Cummings and Paulee Bee. Hymns were sung by Mrs. Ruth Tubbs, accompanied by Mrs. Albert Walter. Mr. Bender was a son of Mrs. Edith Bender, Bancroft, and the late Clarence Bender. Other survivors include his wife, seven children, four brothers and five sisters. One son. Bennie. died in childhood.

Attending the funeral from a distance were his wife and daughter, Glenda. from Louisiana: two sons, Ronald, Philadelphia, and Glenwood. Michigan: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bender, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thompson, Janesville: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kramer and daughter Judy, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bender and daughter Delores, Kenneth Bender and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey. Oshkosh; Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Bender. Beloit: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pierce and children, Norma and Roger, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Pierce, William Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Max Scanlan and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Weeks, Wisconsin Rapids: Mrs. Rose Tibbits and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Gear Hancock, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schenck, Biron.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – April 27, 1971
Raymond Bender

Funeral services for Raymond D. Bender, 71, Oshkosh, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Konrad Funeral Home at Oshkosh. The Rev. James L. Vahev will officiate, and burial will be made in the Plainfield Cemetery.

Mr. Bender, a native of the Town of Pine Grove, was killed Saturday morning in an auto accident near Bowling Green, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Bender were en route home from a winter vacation in Florida. Mrs. Bender sustained minor abrasions in the mishap, and the auto and the trailer being towed were destroyed.

Mr. Bender was born in Pine Grove on Feb. 19, 1900, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bender. He married Irene Kremer on Sept. 3, 1927. He farmed for a time and later moved to Milwaukee, where he was a steamfitter employed by Wininnger Brothers until his retirement in 1965. The Benders had lived in Oshkosh since.

Mr. Bender is survived by his wife; a son, Billy Bender, Baton Rouge, La; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Sally) Bourn, Oshkosh; four grandchildren; three brothers, Cecil and Arthur Bender, both of Bancroft, and Lloyd Bender, Oshkosh, and five sisters, Mrs. Gladys Dorsey and Mrs. Stanley (Eleanor) Thompson, Janesville, Mrs. Iva Beech, Coloma, and Mrs. Albert (Marie) Pierce, Wisconsin Rapids

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin –October 24, 1955
Ralph Bender Jr. Cpl
(Ralph Jr. was missing in action on December 2, 1950 and was not buried until October 28, 1955.)

Cpl Benders Funeral Set

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at the Plain-Held Baptist church for Cpl. Ralph Bender, Jr., a former Bancroft resident who was killed in Korea. Burial will follow in the Plainfield cemetery.

The body will arrive in Plainfield Wednesday morning, and friends may call at the Goult funeral home there on Thursday evening. Rev. Asa Hoskins will officiate at the funeral services.

Corporal Bender was reported missing in action in Korea on Dec. 2, 1950. He was 19 years old at the time. Later, he was reported killed in action.

Born in the town of Pine Grove, he moved with his parents to Sheboygan in 1940. His father, Ralph Bender, Sr., died in October, 1952, and his mother. Mrs. Delia Stewart, resides in Sheboygan. In addition to his father, Cpl. Bender was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters who died in infancy.

Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – November 24, 1955

Funeral of Cpl. Bender
Rites for Cpl. Ralph Bender, a Korean War casualty whose body was brought recently to Plainfield, were held Friday at the Plainfield Baptist church. Rev. Asa Hoskins officiated and burial took place in the village cemetery.

Pallbearers were members of a regular army unit from Milwaukee. Attending the services from a distance were Cpl. Bender's mother, Mrs. Delia Stewart, Sheboygan; Lloyd Bender, Mrs. Norma Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey, Delores Bender and Ivan Dorsey, Oshkosh; Mrs. Iva Parkin, Coloma; Eugene Bender Wisconsin Rapids, and others from surrounding communities

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – August 13, 1976
Arthur Glaman

Funeral services for Arthur R. Glaman, 72, a former Plainfield resident, will be held Saturday at 1:30 pm, at the Goult-Gasperic Funeral Home, Plainfield.

Mr. Glaman. a Wisconsin Rapids resident the last two years, died Wednesday afternoon at St. Joseph's Hospital. Marshfield, after a long illness.

The Rev. Frank Kohl of the Plainfield Assembly of God Church will officiate, and burial will take place in the Plainfield Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 8 this evening. Mr., Glaman was born at Theresa, Dodge County, March 21, 1904, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Glaman. He was married Dec. 5, 1926, at Almond to Gladys E. Smith, who survives.

They lived in Plainfield for five years prior to moving to Wisconsin Rapids. Before that they lived in Waukesha for 13 years; Mr. Glaman was a retired counselor at the state boys" school at Wales. Surviving, besides his wife, are three sons, Richard W., Milwaukee. Raymond A., La Mesa, Calif., and Roger Lee, in the U.S. Navy: three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Maria) Treuden, Menomonee Falls, Mrs. Clarence (Patricia) Wessinger, Milwaukee, and Mavis Glaman. Waukesha; 13 grandchildren; a great-grandchild, and a sister, Mrs. Clifford (Minnie) Dezell, Wisconsin Rapids.

Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – August 19, 1955
Darwin Shippee

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Goult funeral home in Plainfield for Darwin Shippee, well-known Almond and former Plainfield businessman, who died unexpectedly Monday. He was 49 years old Mr. Shippee collapsed at the East Side tavern in Almond, which he had operated the past year, shortly after he had opened it for the day's business. He died immediately.

He was born in Hancock June 28, 1906, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shippee. His mother died at his birth and he spent his boyhood in the Plainfield vicinity with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shippee. When he was 10 years old, he went to live with an aunt and uncle, Mrs. Maude Vroman and the late Pat Vroman. He was married to the former Dolores Schleicher, Aug. 31, 1929, at Waukegan, Ill.

Mr. Shippee operated a filling station in Ripon 12 years. In May, 1943, he entered service and spent 22 months overseas in the European theatre. He was discharged in September, 1945.

On his return, Mr. and Mrs. Shippee moved to Plainfield where he managed the Vroman market for eight and one-half years. They purchased the Almond tavern July 1, 1954.

Surviving are the widow; a sister, Mrs. Ray Linn, Norfolk, Va.; a half sister, Mrs. William Holdorf, Turton, S. D.; a half brother, Delmar Shippee, Whittier, Calif.; his stepmother, Mrs. Harriet Shippee, Dolan S. D.; his aunt, Mrs. Vroman, Hancock, and other relatives. Rev. Gerald Tanquist of the Plainfield Methodist church officiated at the services, during which Walter Tucek sang hymns. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ammell.

The pallbearers were Gust Albright, Milton Wegner, Russell Smoker, Irving Bartels, Adrian Hentges and George Tucek. Burial was in the Plainfield cemetery.

Military rites were conducted by the Almond and Plainfield American Legion posts and the Plainfield post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Most Plainfield business places closed during the time of services.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – November 23, 1976
Mrs. Edward J. Shippee (Isabelle Stillwell, Isabelle)

Mrs. Isabelle Shippee, 88, Plainfield, died suddenly Friday morning in Craig, Colo. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Baptist Church, Plainfield. The Rev. Ralph Deal will officiate. Burial will be in the Plainfield Cemetery.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at the Goult-Gasperic Funeral Home, Plainfield.

Mrs. Shippee was born July 27, 1888 in Hancock, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs., William Stilwell. She was a lifelong Plainfield resident and was a teacher and a homemaker. She married Edward J. Shippee in 1914. Mr. Shippee died in 1951. She was a member of the Grange, the Baptist Church Circle, the Homemakers Club and Senior Citizens.

Survivors include two sons, Merlin, Turlock, Calif., and Robert, Santa Rosa, Calif.: eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Two sons, one daughter and two sisters preceded her in death.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – September 30, 1937
Ivan Allen Shippee
 
Ivan Allen Shippee, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shippee of Plainfield, died last Thursday morning at 3:10 o'clock, at the Blytheville hospital at Blytheville, Arkansas, from Injuries suffered in an automobile accident the day before. He was returning to Pensacola, Florida, where he was an aviation mechanic, after a 15-day furlough spent at the home of his parents at Plainfield. He was accompanied by two companions, also in the navy's service, who were badly injured In the same accident and are patients at the hospital.

The young man was born on April 18, 1916, at Plainfield and was graduated from the Plainfield High school in 1933. He served three years in a CCC camp in northern Wisconsin and then joined the navy, 17 months ago. He was stationed in Washington, California, Michigan and at the time of his death at Pensacola.

Surviving are his parents, three brothers, Merlin, Ed. Jr., and Robert at home. A sister, Nona, preceded him in death in 1923 at the age of 10 years.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Goult  funeral home at Plainfield. Rev. Carsten Paulson and Rev. A LeRoux officiated and burial took place in the Plainfield cemetery, where military rites were conducted at the grave by members of the American Legion.

The pallbearers were Merle, Clark, Harry Walker, Dale Severns, Milton Hall, Arnold Helmrich and Erwin Bassler, all former High school classmates. Nona Taptin, Audrey Scantlin, Zona Perry and Marjorie Paulson were in charge of the flowers During the services hymns were sung by a male quartet.

Those from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Williams, parents of one of the injured boys, from Davis, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cotton Of Wautoma; Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Shippee Of Ripon, Mr. and Mrs. George Shippee and family and Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Madden of Marshall Minnesota.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
The Portage County Gazette - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – May 2, 2003
Dolores (Dee) Schleicher-Shippee

Dolores "Dee" Shippee, 95, Ripon, a former owner and operator of Dee's Bar in Almond, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at Hilltop Manor in Ripon.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hardell-Holly Funeral Home in Almond, with the Rev. Diane Fite officiating. Burial will be in Plainfield Village Cemetery in Plainfield. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Shippee was born March 27, 1908, in Almond, a daughter of the late George and Mary (Bade) Schleicher. She was married to Darwin Shippee on Aug. 31, 1929, in Waukegan, Ill. He died Aug. 15, 1955. She owned and operated Dee's Bar in Almond for more than 35 years. She was a member of Plainfield United Methodist Church.
 
Survivors include one sister, Evelyn (William) Splitt, Ripon; one brother, Darwin Schleicher, Ripon; nieces and nephews.

Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin – April 24, 2003

Dolores "Dee" M. Shippee, 95, of Hilltop Manor in Ripon, formerly of Almond, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at the Man-or.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Hardell-Holly Funeral Home in Almond, with the Rev. Diane Fite officiating. Burial will be in Plainfield Village Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

She was born on March 27, 1908, in Almond, to the late George and Mary (Bade) Schleicher. Dee was married to Darwin Shippee on Aug. 31, 1929, in Waukegan, Ill. He preceded her in death on Aug. 15, 1955. She owned and operated Dee's Bar in Almond for over 35 years and was a member of Plainfield United Methodist Church.

Dee is survived by her sister, Evelyn (WiIliam) Splitt of Ripon; a brother, Darwin Schleicher of Ripon; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, other relatives.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – February 24, 1923
Frank H Fox

Remains Arrive Here
The remains of Frank H. Fox of Plainfield reached here on early morning train today from Fresno, Calif., and were transferred to the 10:30 a.m. train on the Portage branch. E. F. Milliken, a nephew accompanied the body here from Fresno. Burial services were held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon with interment in the family lot in Plainfield cemetery. P. J. Jacobs went down from this city to attend the funeral.

Mr. Fox passed away last Monday morning, death resulting from Brights disease. He went west in December to visit his son, D. D. Fox at Dallas, Texas and a sister, Mrs. Fanny Milliken at Fresno.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – April 24, 1929
John H Fields

John H. Fields, an early day resident of Stevens Point but who had made his home at Plainfield nearly 35 years, died at the Bellin Memorial hospital. Green Bay, at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. The remains were returned to Plainfield and funeral services conducted at his residence at 2 p. m. today by Rev. W. J. James, with interment in the village cemetery besides the remains of his wife, who passed away four years ago, shortly after the couple observed their golden wedding anniversary.

Mr. Fields' death was primarily caused by a fractured hip which he suffered three weeks ago. He had been a patient at the Green Bay hospital for ten weeks, having undergone an operation there, and had improved to such an extent that he was able to get out of bed. While walking; he accidentally slipped, falling so hard that his hip was broken.

He was a native of New York state, born there 78 years ago, but had lived in Wisconsin since boyhood, about 25 years of this time in this city. Surviving; members of his family are two sons, William H. Fields, publisher of the Plainfield Sun, and John L. Fields of Green Bay.

Submitted by M. Felckowski
Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – August 28, 1939
Howard Frost
 
ALMOND MAN, HURT IN FARM ACCIDENT, DIES
Funeral Services to be Held Wednesday for Howard Frost
Injuries suffered by Howard Frost, 56, town of Almond farmer, in a runaway in a field on his farm last Thursday afternoon resulted in his death Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Michael's hospital. His condition was serious from the time of the accident and became worse Saturday. A vertebra in Mr. Frost's neck was dislocated and another, in the center of the back, wag broken. He was paralyzed in the arms, legs and abdomen.

Dragged by Team
The accident occurred when the victim walked out on the tongue of a wagon, between a team of horses, to untangle the harness. Becoming frightened, the team dashed across the field. Mr. Frost managed at first to hang on to the horses, but then dropped to the ground and was dragged along. The accident was witnessed by his wife and her sister, Veronica Petruska, 12, who had been seated on the wagon. They jumped off at the start of the runaway and escaped injury.

Son of Pioneers
Mr. Frost was born in the town of Almond, a son of the late George and Jennie Frost, pioneers there, on October 23, I882, and had spent all of his live in the town. He attended and was graduated from the Almond High school and since then had been engaged in farming, His marriage to Miss Mary Petruska took place at Plainfield on May 16, 1936. Surviving are his wife and the following brothers and sisters: Miss Anna Frost, Miss Floy Frost, Matthew and Harlow Frost, all of Almond: Bert Frost of Rochester, Minn., Mrs. Walter Dopp of the town of Belmont and Mrs. Crocker and Frank, William and Guy Frost in the west.

Funeral Wednesday
Following a prayer at the Frost home at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock at St. Paul's Catholic church at Plainfield and burial will follow in the parish cemetery. The body will be at the Frost home Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning until the time of the funeral.

Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin – August 30, 1939 (fp)

Funeral of Mr. Frost
Funeral services for Howard Frost, town of Almond farmer who died last Saturday afternoon of injuries received in a runaway, were conducted at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at St Paul’s Catholic church at Plainfield with Rev. Peter Bank officiating The church choir sang during the services

Six neighbors of Mr. Frost were the pallbearers Clarence Collier, Lester Conover, William Tess, Bryan True, Henry Walter and Edwin Weber.

Burial took place in the parish cemetery.
Relatives and friends from Almond, Plainfield and Belmont attended the funeral. Others from away were Mrs. Bert Frost of Minneapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dopp and family of Wild Rose and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Phillips of Bancroft.

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